It certainly felt as if we waited and waited and waited once more to finally see Jose Barrero with the Cincinnati Reds this season. The hamate injury he suffered early in the calendar year and subsequent surgery set him way back, the recovery process was far from linear, and even though he was likely rushed to the big leagues after a rough go of it on rehab in the minors, he eventually logged 174 PA in a disappointing overall 2022 season.
Jose Barrero is not a catcher, obviously. What he is, though, is a player who picked up 174 PA in 48 G at the big league level last season, numbers that confirm the obvious - that we barely got to see him play all year.